FIELD Brief 8: Partnering to Improve Access to Irrigation in Rural Peru

In Peru, continued drought and inefficient use of irrigated water has lead to soil loss by erosion and substantial declines in agricultural productivity. To address some of these issues, FIELD-Support partner CARE began implementing the Financing Water for Productive Use pilot activity in Peru to test a partnership approach that would bring together microfinance institutions, irrigation technology companies, local government offices, and small producers and traders to improve water usage, increase local farmer income and demonstrate opportunities for the local government to implement similar scalable initiatives.

This FIELD Brief discusses the experiences of the activity while working in Peru.